Community Education Centers Announces Contract Award for the Management of the 1883-bed Delaware County Prison

Community Education Centers Announces Contract Award for the Management of the 1883-bed Delaware County Prison

West Caldwell, NJ, Oct 24, 2008 –

Community Education Centers, Inc. (CEC) announced today that the company has been awarded a contract to provide detention management services at the 1883-bed Delaware County Prison in Thornton, Pennsylvania.  CEC will begin management of the facility on January 5, 2009.

“I would like to thank the Delaware County Board of Prison Inspectors for the confidence they have shown in our company. We look forward to providing quality detention services that will be a source of pride for the county for years to come,” said John J. Clancy, Chairman and CEO of CEC.

CEC’s Secure Facilities Division consists of over fifteen jail and detention facilities with a combined capacity of more than 9,000 male and female beds. Offenders are referred by local, county, state, and federal jurisdictions, including the U.S. Marshals Service, the Federal Bureau of Prisons, and the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Community Education Centers, Inc. (CEC) is the largest provider of offender reentry and in-prison treatment services in America, operating in over 20 states, with over 22,000 individuals in our daily care. CEC provides a full range of therapeutic residential and non-residential reentry services with a documented record of reducing recidivism.